Islamabad (Staff Reporter) :
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) conducted Seminar in Karachi on Lube Oil Sector in Pakistan to enhance awareness regarding Blending/Reclamation process, base oil, HSE & Waste Disposal with a vision to build relationship with Pakistan Lubricant manufacturing sector and to share latest techniques.
The event was graced with participation of OGRA Authority members who delivered their thoughts with audience and some industry experts were also invited to deliver their presentations. The audience included OGRA licensees for Lube, Blending, Reclamation, Grease / Transformer Oil Plants.
Mr. Masroor Khan, Chairman OGRA participated through zoom link and highlighted the importance of innovation in industry and informed that OGRA is focusing on Safety and Digitization of the sector. Mr. Zain ul Abideen Qureshi, Member (Oil) appreciated the initiative of OGRA team and welcomed all the participants and said that the seminar is based on awareness about regulatory regime regarding Lube Oil Sector and encouraged the stakeholders to bring productivity and efficiency with innovation in the sector.
The industry sector experts included Mr. Shahbaz Ali, DGM (Operations), National Refinery Limited, Mr. Kunwar Mujeeb Ahmad, “Lubricant Expert”, Syed Ehsan Shahrukh, Manager Industrial Sites, Safety & Hygiene, Parco Gunvor Limited (Formerly Total Parco Pakistan Limited), Mr. Muhammad Sajid, General Manager (Karachi-Operations), Hydrocarbon Development of Pakistan and Dr. Mohsina Zubair Director (Lab/NEQS), Pakistan Environment Protection Authority (Pak-EPA) who delivered their presentations on different topics.
The topics included the brief overview of conventional blending methods and modern blending technologies with current reclamation systems and Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) in Lube Blending plants with Role of Hydrocarbon Institute of Pakistan (HDIP).
